Even though I’m fast asleep, I know this is a dream. I’m on the “Scrambler”, the amusement park ride that spins riders in small circular motions while the whole ride also rotates in a larger circle. I get nauseous every time, which is why you’ll rarely never find me on one nowadays. The sensation that […]
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On the second night of my first multi-day fishing trip to Kentucky Lake – a trip with several Godly men who have become dear friends and whom I respect and admire for where each is in his own walk of faith – we had one of those “iron sharpens iron” conversations. You know the type…where
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In the hurried days of my life, stopping to sit a spell with my Creator can seem like a chore more than I care to admit. Just a small sampling of how today’s conversation went.
As I rushed out of the house at 9:00pm last night on the way to the hospital, I didn’t think to take a Bible with me. By the time it crossed my mind, it was too late to turn back for it. How could I not grab my Bible!? Ugh! Stopping to fill the car
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This morning’s time with God was challenging. As are most of the conversations we have in which I actually talk less and listen more. From 1 Corinthians 12:12-31: The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ. Some of us are
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In September, 2001 I was just five months into my initiation to the fraternity called fatherhood. Like millions of Americans, I watched live as the the second plane crashed into that tower, and I knew instantly…that our lives would never be the same. In the months following the attack on our country, being a father
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I have come to realize I can’t go a day without it. It’s 4 o’clock in the afternoon and while I haven’t touched it yet, I Can’t. Stop. Thinking. About. It. Like, really can’t stop obsessing with how good it’d feel right now. It’s over on the kitchen counter staring at me menacingly. Calling me.
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I almost missed it again this morning. I’d skipped right through it and was two verses past it when I quite literally heard the Spirit of God whisper in my ear, “go back and read that again.” “Without oxen a stable stays clean, but you need a strong ox for a large harvest.” – Proverbs
My Kids and Oxen…Getting Dirty. Yes, I Went There. Read More »
Son, If yesterday’s note wasn’t sufficient to caution you to the emotional turmoil that comes with the job of a firefighter, let me be clear in helping you see that. Not to bring attention to myself or the battles I face, nor to glorify myself at all. Not for any other reason than out of
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What do you see when he passes you, red lights flashing and siren blaring as he clears a path to his destination? Do you see the pain and suffering he will see when he gets there? Do you see it? No? Open your eyes…it’s there. It’s a darkness that swallows him, pouring over his soul